Page 22 RAIN October 1980 Carol Forbes, Director of the USDA Farm Women's Project, will be the featured speaker at the Demeter Conference for Northwest Women in Agriculture to be held November ~4-16 in Ellensburg, Washington. Workshops will center around such subjects as integrating animals an~ crops, basic plumbing skills, land trusts, farmm~ on t~ e urban rim, and urban homesteading. Registration deadline is October 15. For registration brochure, write Barbara Snyder, Tilth, 13217 Mattson R~ad, Arlington, WA 98223. For additional informatwn call Louise Dix at 206/625-4764. The Fifth National Passive Solar Conference will be held October 19-26 in Amherst, Massachusetts. The event will incorporate special side conferences, including one on "Women in Solar Energy" and the First National Passive Solar Design Awards. For details and registration information contact Passive Solar 1980, Box 778, Brattleboro, VT 05301802/2_54221. The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, associated with the National Council of Church es, is looking for a person to serve as coordinator for its energy program. The coordinator will conduct research on energy issues, analyze data and materials, and make recommendations for church corporate responsibility action on each of the issues. Other duties include fundraising from churches and foundations fo:, the energy program and preparation of constit~ency educa_- tion programs. For details contact Timothy ~mith, Executive Director, !CCR, Room 566, 475 Riverside Drive, New·York, NY 10115, 212/870-2293. The Fourth Annual New Earth Exposition will open October 17 and extend over two weekends at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The event will highlight innovations in alternative energy and transportation, natural foods, wilderness skills, and ecology. For information contact Toni Garrett or Stan Politi, 2990 Seyenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, 415/848-6860. The Labor Committee for Safe Energy and Full Employment is holding a national conference to provide trade unionists concerned about the dangers of nuclear power and the ' lack of democratic control over energy and employment policies an opportunity to meet - and address these problems. The conference will be held October 10-12 at the Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, in Pittburgh, PA. For details and registration information write the La~or Committee, 153616th Street, N.W., Washmg-:- ton, DC 20036, or call 202/265-7190. The Chautauqua Institute for Self-Reliance, • • which produces a daily information-sharing_ra~i? program for southeastern Ohio and West Virginia focusing on appropriate technology conce~ts, ha~ received a grant from the Consumer Affairs Office of DOE to train thirty individu~ls from aroun~ the country who would be willing to voluntee'. the1~ time to establish similar radio talk shows m their own communities. No previous radio experience is required. If interested contact Chautauqua Institute, Route 1, Box 234, Millfield, OH 45761, 614/ 594-6628. Six community business training courses will be held in Philadelphia, November 10-14. Courses available include: Community Economic Development Strategies; Financial Development; Organiz~ ing to Protect and Develop Your Community; Starting a Business; Democratic Management; and Conversion to Worker Ownership. Co-sponsors are the New School for Democratic Management, the Delaware Valley Federation for Economic Democracy, and the Institute for the Study of Civic Values. For further information contact Bob Kaplan, ISCV, 401 N. Broad Street, Room 810, Philadelphia, PA 19108, 215/922-8960. The University of Alaska in Fairbanks will be the site of the·Second Alaska Alternative Energy Conference, October 8-12. The confer- . ence, which is sponsored by the Alaska Alternative Energy Resource Center, will focus on cold climate applications ofalternative technologies, including passive solar design, wind generator maintenance, methane and fuel alcohol productipn, conservation, and alternative waste management. Contact Alaska Alternative Energy Resource Center, 1069 West Sixth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501, 907'/274-3621: Alternative st~te and local energy policies will be the theme of a conference to be held in Austin, Texas, December 11-13. The event will bring together state and local. energy officials, policy analysts, and representatives of citizens' organiz~~ tions and community groups to focus on specific ways to support conservation and solar at the state and local level. For additional information contact Becky Glass, Energy Project, Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies, 2000 Florida Avenue N. W., Washington, DC 20009, 202/ 387-6030. • A five-day workshop in community organization . will be conducted in San francisco, October 23-27, by the Organize Training Center. Participants will be trained in analyzing a community and.its power structure, developing leadership, taking effective action on issues, implementing successful campaigns, and conducting effective meetings. Contact Organize Training Center, 1208 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415/552-8990. "Who's Minding the Coast" is the title of a conference/exhibition/film festival to be held in Seattle, October 17-18. Purpose of the event is to examine the coast and its future to 2000 A.D., including its relationship to adjacent uplands and the ocean. For information contact Polly Dyer, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Washington,_FM-12, Seattle, WA 98195, 206/543-1812. A training program in handling the law-related problems of older perso~s ~ill be conducted by the National Public Law Trammg Center, October 610 i~ Alexandria, Virginia. The course is designed for advocates, paralegals, and human service workers and will cover such topics as employment discrimination against the elderly, supplemental security income, health programs, housing and consumer protecti'<;m. Contact NPLTC, 2000 P Street N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, 202 /872-0660. Environmental Action magazine, which covers such subjer.ts as environmental politics, the urban environment, the public interest movement, energy, and polll:ltion, is see~ing an edito:. Person. selected must have professional magazine experience, a willingness to share in all aspects of magazine production, and "abil!ty to work un1er pressure in a sometimes chaotic atmosphere. (S?~nds familiar!) Send resumes and clippi•~gs (no originals) to Box A, Environmental Action, 1~46 Connecticut Avenue N. W., Suite 731, Washington, DC 20036. "Co-ops: A Working Alternative" is the.title o£°the Fourth Annual NASCO Cooperative Education and Training Institute to be held November 7-9 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The event will include workshops on the Con.- sumer Cooperative Bank, starting housing and food co-ops, low income co-ops, co-op education, senior c~-ops, and the roots of the co-op movement. For additi?nal info~ation contact Sheila Ritter, Coordinator; Institute '80, Box 7293, Ann Arbor, MI 48107. The New School/or Democratic Management is offering a course in "Tools for Community Energy Development" November 14-15 in San Francisco. The course is designed to equip participants with a command of energy planning techniques, legal techniques for public acquisition of utilities, and the "realities of appropriat? technology." Contact New School for Democratic Management, 589 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415/ 543-7973. 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